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Some would say choosing the two loudest members of your team was foolish–that they’d give you away.
Well, they’d be right... If you were <span class="mu-s">SOMEONE ELSE BESIDES STANLEY-FUCKING-PARBLE,</span> that is! The three of you move like ghosts through the twisted labyrinth of metal and concrete, pausing only briefly to check if the skeletons in the <span class="mu-g">DOG HOTEL</span> looming over you like some kind of <span class="mu-i">Bone of Damocles</span>.
No bullets, no shouting, no surprise dice rolls. So far, so good. By the time you make it to the APC, your doppelganger is still waiting with a smile on her oh-so-cute face!
“Kinda creepy, huh?” Talbot hisses as he pokes at your clone’s cheeks. “You can’t, like, feel any of what she’s feeling, right?”
No, you growl, shoving his hand away from the decoy, you can’t, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t <span class="mu-s">PISS YOU OFF!</span>
“Found it!” Eddie interrupts as he holds up a delicately-folded <span class="mu-g">PAPER AIRPLANE!</span> Tossing it your way, the screenwriter immediately regrets his actions when the plane deftly avoids your attempts at grabbing it, and after a few awkward moments of trying to pick it up off the ground, the note eventually makes its way into your clutches.
“Nice catch.” Talbot remarks as you unfold the paper.
<span class="mu-i">DUUUUH, NUHZ KUUUTCH!</span> you snap in your best Talbot impression! Earning a quiet snicker from Eddie, you preemptively take a few steps behind the APC and out of your fellow Evening Sanitation Coordinator’s reach before reading the contents of the note:
‘<span class="mu-b">To the esteemed Stanley Parble,</span>’
“Esteemed?” Ly remarks. It’s called <span class="mu-i">recognition,</span> Ly, and it’s about damn time!
‘<span class="mu-b">I had hoped fate would bring us together, but time and tide, as they say, wait for no man. As such, I’ve been taking matters into my own hands. Now said matters, and their livelihoods, are in yours.</span>’
A chill runs down your spine as your pals and doppelganger watch with renewed interest.
>CONTD.
